and mark ferrell certainly more conservative than janet riley. are we going to see a shift -- >> i don't think a big shift. but we have to talk about a little bit if we have some time wh whatgavin newsom's election means for lieutenant governor. the board of supervisors is going to pick his replacement for the next year until his term expires. >> will it be this current board? >> it looks like it will be this current board. there are still some political and legal jockeying of who will be. but the scramble is definitely on. who's going to get that seat. some people want just a placeholder. they're talking about the head of the san francisco public utilities commissioner, former city controller ed harrington, maybe he could be a place holder. others are going this is a chance to get a jumpstart in the mayor's race for 2011, so we're looking at board of supervisors president david chu, mark leno the state senator, supervisor david compos. that's going to be the fun political contest for the next couple of weeks if not months. >> belva: and you have